most popular and well known. The Yoruba are the tribe that many Africans confess that their family roots started from and therefore follow the religion and culture of the Yoruba. These people are indigenous to the Southwestern parts of Nigeria and Benin. They may not be the only tribe in Africa‚ but they certainty have an interesting culture along with one of the oldest ancestry lines. The Yoruba have a culture and history that is unique in its own way and meaning. According to the oral history
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Chapter 8 – African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam •The spread of Islam in Africa linked its regions to the outside world through trade‚ religion‚ and politics •States like Mali and Songhai are built on military power and dynastic alliances •Parts of sub-Saharan Africa entered into the expanding world network; many others remained isolated •Christianity and Islam sometimes influenced political and cultural development Empires of the Western Sudan (West/Northwest Africa) th th Ghana:
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The article‚ “Why we should all be pro-life” written by Joseph Meany‚ is an effective persuasive piece‚ with strong in appeals to rhetorical proofs of logos‚ ethos and pathos. Despite this‚ it was personally received as a negotiated reading due to the featuring of unsourced "facts" and statistics‚ whilst additionally being flawed with fallacies of induction. The opening of the persuasive piece laid a foundation of facts to start the argument off strongly‚ appealing to the rhetoric proof appeal to
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country. The Yoruba homeland can be located in West Africa. It stretches from a savanna (grassland) region in the north to a region of tropical rain forests in the south. Most Yoruba live in Nigeria. However there are also some scattered groups in Benin and Togo‚ small countries to the west of Nigeria. Current census figures are difficult to obtain. The Yoruba population is estimated to be 5.3 million. The occupations and living conditions of the Yoruba in the north and south differ from one another
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DANGOTE CEMENT PLC Introduction Dangote Cement Plc is part of the Dangote Group. Dangote Cement Plc was initially incorporated as Obajana Cement Plc on 4th November 1992 by the Kogi State Government to operate plants for the preparation‚ manufacture‚ control‚ research and distribution of cement and related products. In 2002‚ Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) bought over Obajana Cement Plc from Kogi State Government and commenced the construction of the Company’s first cement production plant in
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CHARACTERS Major Characters Ishmael Beah - The narrator of this true story‚ Ishmael‚ is a boy soldier who finds a way to escape the horrors of war and go on to counsel others who are only looking for a way to live in peace. Esther - She is a nurse at Benin House where Ishmael is taken for rehabilitation. She befriends him and helps him to find himself again. Alhaji - He is a young man whom Ishmael befriends when they are both part of the soldiers fighting the rebels. He is as strong and cold as Ishmael
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Ishmael Beah was born on November 23‚ 1980‚ in Mogbwemo‚ Sierra Leone. In his critically acclaimed memoir‚ “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”‚ Beah bases his survival from abduction and terrorism on his recollections as an unwilling child soldier for the Sierra Leone Armed Services during Sierra Leone’s 1991-2002 civil war. They were fighting the Revolutionary United Front or RUF‚ also known as the rebels. Ishmael describes his circumstances in simple to understand language. He is also quite
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Body modification is the deliberate alerting of the human anatomy or the human physical appearance. What drives people to radically reshape their bodies or go under the knife to seek physical perfection? Or to stretch human bones like the Kayan women in Nai Soi Thailand. Tattoos‚ piercings‚ implants‚ hair color: As a species were either trying to stand out or fit in. The changes we make to our bodies do not just define us; they define the very culture we live in. On the remote border of the Thailand
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Leading issues in General Studies: Humanities & Social Sciences‚ (Book of Reading for General Studies)‚ 2001. EFFECTS OF CULTURE-CONTACT ON THE CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN LIFE INTRODUCTION This Chapter attempts the review of various definitions of Culture. It also tries to bring out the common characteristics of culture in various definitions‚ which include being dynamic and transmittable from generation to generation. Factors that can influence culture in a particular society and how people can
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info/journals/jorind THE CHALLENGES OF ADOPTING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEM IN NIGERIA Anthony O. Garuba Department of Accounting and Finance‚ Western Delta University‚ Oghara‚ and Pat Donwa Department of Accounting‚ University of Benin‚ Benin City E-mail: anthonygaruba@yahoo.com Abstract Nigeria is going to adopt International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) from 1st January 2012. Globalization and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has reduced the world to a global
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